Nijeriya ta samu damar shiga gasar sambo ta duniya a karon ta farko, inda za ta halarci gasar sambo ta duniya ta shekarar 2024 a Astana, Kazakhstan, daga ranar 6 zuwa 10 ga watan Nuwamba.
Tawagar Nijeriya, wanda aka shaida da mai sambo mai makoki Samuel Oladele Kekere, za ta hadu da ‘yan wasa daga kasashe 79 a filin wasanni da aka sanya sunan Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Arts Palace.
African women’s champion Charity Jatau, tare da James Chegwam da Alani Balogun, sun kammala tawagar Nijeriya karkashin horon koci Gbenga Montana na jihar Legas.
Vice President na Sambo Association of Nigeria da Sakataren Janar, Sheriff Hammed, ya bayyana shiga Nijeriya a gasar a matsayin tarihi, musamman da Kekere zai wakilci Afirka a gasar mai makoki.
“Haka yake ba su damar samun umarni. Duk da matsalolin da suke fuskanta, zasu iya yin rayuwa, yin abubuwa don kai tsaye, kuma su yi kai tsaye farin ciki. Haka yake da ban mamaki,” Hammed ya ce a wata hira da *PUNCH Sports Extra*.
Gasar za hada da sambo na maza da mata, combat sambo, da kuma sambo na mai makoki (SVI-1) na maza, inda za a raba medaali 31.
FIAS Commission for Athletes with Disabilities Chairman, Roman Novikov, ya tabbatar da cancantar Kekere, inda ya ce, “Dan wasan ku ya cika ka’idojin kimantawa na duniya don sambo na mai makoki a class SVI-1.”
Gasar za zama gasar karshe don neman tikitin shiga gasar wasannin duniya ta shekarar 2025 a Chengdu, China.
Hammed, ya kuma nuna matsalolin kudi, inda ya bayyana cewa shiga gasar na yanzu ana kai ne ta kudin kansu, yayin da yake kiran gwamnati, mutane, da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da masana’antu don goyon baya.
Lagos State Public Works ta yi alkawarin goyon bayan tawagar Nijeriya a gasar.
Shugaban International Sambo Federation Vasily Shestakov ya yaba da shiga ‘yan wasa mai makoki, inda ya ce, “Sambists with health limitations show great desire to compete on an equal basis, demonstrating their steely will and fortitude.”
